MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) -- A Tennessee woman was without power for a week and nowhere she turned for assistance could help her. Then, a Memphis fraternity helped her get back inside her home.

At the end of July, local municipal utility Memphis Light, Gas and Water issued a warning to those with overdue bills that, with cooler temperatures, cut-offs would resume. Thousands were in danger of shut off, including Memphis resident Edna Jackson.

She reached out to Nexstar's WREG after her efforts to get assistance from several charities were unsuccessful. WREG reached out to many of those same charities, but to no success.

Though Jackson says she's been in survival mode for months, her situation became especially dire over the past week, when she was forced to spend most of her time outside her

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